Blog 4 (prompt 4)

    Whenever I start an art project, it always takes days before it actually takes off. I tend to start paintings and drawings, never finish them, and then move onto the next project. This was even more the case when I had no idea where to even begin with digital art. I would find myself doodling something, but then immediately scrapping it. I really surprised myself with the finished designs that I made because I never worked in digital art, and its already hard enough for me to come up with original ideas.

    The first step of my process with concept, and this has always been the hardest part for me. My time in AP art made me absolutely dread this step, so I was pleasantly surprised when I found that the entire conceptual stage was just doodling things I thought were cute. Compared to AP art where I would spend days thinking of composition and meaning, all that I really did for this stage was doodle until I liked it.

    The second step was taking these doodles and making them into more cohesive designs. The advice I was given for these designs was to either make the character's themselves very detailed, or have it be a piece in a larger design. What I did was draw a bunch of objects related to the theme of one of the characters I made, and then assemble them together. This step was oddly enjoyable because I didn't have just one complicated piece, but rather several simple pieces synthesized into one thing.

    I definitely surprised myself with my ability to do digital art, but I think what surprised me the most is how much more I enjoyed it compared to traditional art. Before this, I was a traditional art supremacist, but after experimenting with everything a digital drawing app had to offer, I changed my mind very quickly. I love the process for design so much more than traditional art, and working digitally has only enforced that.

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